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The Ellis Island Museum Gets a Face-Lift
The museum, opened 34 years ago in a 19th-century building, will be refurbished and reimagined, the president of the foundation…
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The Broad Museum, a Los Angeles Favorite, Is Expanding
An expansion designed by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro will add 55,000 square feet to an institution that has become a…
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British Museum Sues Former Curator for Return of Stolen Items
The museum accuses Peter Higgs, a former keeper of Greek and Roman antiquities, of stealing or damaging at least 1,800…
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The Met Museum Hires Its First Head of Provenance Research
Lucian Simmons is leaving Sotheby’s to lead the museum’s increased efforts to review its collection, which has recently returned looted…
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Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Names New Director
Elizabeth C. Babcock, the chief executive of Forever Balboa Park, will start this summer, after Nancy Yao’s withdrawal.
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At TEFAF Art Fair, Museums Make Up for Shrinking Private Sales
Curators are looking for old art that can resonate with a new audience at the venerable event in the Netherlands.
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With a New Holocaust Museum, the Netherlands Faces Its Past
The new institution in Amsterdam is the first to tell the full story of the persecution of Dutch Jews during…
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Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Focuses on Forgotten Figures
An inaugural digital exhibition, “Becoming Visible,” traces the paths of five notable women whose stories have been largely erased.
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A Fight to Preserve a Pristine Piece of Old New York
The director of the Merchant’s House Museum in the East Village, a rowhouse that is 192 years old, is worried…
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